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Joseph Oberhansley, 35, was accused of killing and eating his girlfriend’s body in 2014 insists he is “competent to stand trial”, but his defense lawyers say he doesn’t understand court proceedings and won’t talk to them, so he is being sent for psychiatric evaluation.

Oberhansley broke into his then-girlfriend Tammy Jo Blanton’s house and killed her back in September of 2014. He then raped and ate parts of Blanton’s heart, brain, and lung, making this crime quite grisly.

Oberhansley, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, told the judge that he is “completely innocent of all of these false charges” and is “completely competent”, the Courier-Journal reports.